South Korea Administrative Division Codes

When dealing with addresses or locations in South Korea, our API uses the following administrative division codes. These codes are based on the ISO 3166-2:KR standard for South Korea's provinces and metropolitan cities.

Code	Name (Korean)	Name (English)	Type
KR-11	서울특별시	Seoul	Special City
KR-26	부산광역시	Busan	Metropolitan City
KR-27	대구광역시	Daegu	Metropolitan City
KR-28	인천광역시	Incheon	Metropolitan City
KR-29	광주광역시	Gwangju	Metropolitan City
KR-30	대전광역시	Daejeon	Metropolitan City
KR-31	울산광역시	Ulsan	Metropolitan City
KR-41	경기도	Gyeonggi	Province
KR-42	강원도	Gangwon	Province
KR-43	충청북도	North Chungcheong	Province
KR-44	충청남도	South Chungcheong	Province
KR-45	전라북도	North Jeolla	Province
KR-46	전라남도	South Jeolla	Province
KR-47	경상북도	North Gyeongsang	Province
KR-48	경상남도	South Gyeongsang	Province
KR-49	제주특별자치도	Jeju	Special Self-Governing Province
KR-50	세종특별자치시	Sejong	Special Self-Governing City

Usage Notes

South Korea is divided into several types of administrative divisions:
- 1 Special City (특별시, teukbyeolsi)
- 6 Metropolitan Cities (광역시, gwangyeoksi)
- 8 Provinces (도, do)
- 1 Special Self-Governing Province (특별자치도, teukbyeoljachido)
- 1 Special Self-Governing City (특별자치시, teukbyeoljachisi)
All codes follow the format 'KR-' followed by two digits
Notable regions:
- Seoul (KR-11) is the capital and largest city
- Sejong (KR-50) is the administrative capital
- Jeju (KR-49) is an island province with special autonomous status
When specifying locations in South Korea in your API requests, please use these exact codes for the administrative division